Fox Valley Orchestra to perform 'Soulful Expressions'

Posted January 20, 2022 12:00 am

Daily Herald report

The Fox Valley Orchestra, with music director Stephen Squires, continues its 2021-22 season with "Soulful Expressions" at 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 23, at the Batavia Fine Arts Centre, 1250 W. Wilson St.

Online tickets are $20, $16 for students/seniors or $12 for kids, age 8 or younger; fees not included. Tickets by box office or phone are $24, $20 or $16, plus fees. For tickets, visit www.bataviafineartscentre.org or call (630) 937-8930.

Fox Valley Orchestra's concerto competition winner Esme Arias-Kim will perform the first movement of Sibelius' haunting "Violin Concerto." It also will feature Delibes' suite from "Coppelia," and Florence Price's "Symphony No. 3." Price was the first Black woman composer to have her music performed by a major American orchestra.

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